When it rains, it pours, right? 2018 was the year when it poured both literally and metaphorically for me in terms of travel. And I loved every second of all of it. A rainy day in Kyoto: Visiting Fushimi Inari The only trip I actually had planned for 2018 was to take my son to Japan for a …
Vietnam
Teaching happy tears: What kids learn from travelling in Cambodia and Vietnam
I'll always remember the first time I saw my son cry from joy, sentimentality and compassion. You know, happy tears, basically. He's eight, and he has cried plenty of times out of frustration, anger, tiredness and grief, but never like this. We were sitting in our hotel room in Hoi An, at the end …
Bus travel is NOT my favourite way to get around
I think it's well-documented that I love train travel. But what has featured a whole lot less on this blog is bus travel. There is a good reason for this. It's probably my least favourite way to get around, unless it's just a twenty-minute trip to a museum or somewhere. Let me start with the …